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The Settlement Period era – Nellie McClung Collection

Ask No Quarter - The Story of Agnes Macphail (1890)

A biography of the first woman to sit in Parliament.

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    Canadian Women - A History - Brandt Black Bourne and Fahrni

    Canadian history from a feminist perspective.

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      Chalmers, Robert Slater - Memoirs - 1900-1971

      Chalmers' memoir includes description of his memories of the McClung family and of his wanderings as a young man.

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        Growing a Race - Nellie L. McClung and the Fiction of Eugenic Feminism - 2005

        An exploration of Nellie McClung's interest in fostering the growth of society.

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          Hasselfield & Carter Families

          A collection of documents and photographs of the Hasselfield and Carter families. Nellie McClung boarded with the Hasselfields in the Hazel district when she came to Manitou to teach in 1890. Nellie and Clara were lifelong friends.

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            Hasselfield Log House - Corroberation 1974

            A letter of corroberation written by a member of the Hasselfield family confirming that the log house known now as Hazel Cottage is in fact the building in which Nellie McClung boarded when she came to teach at Hazel School in 1890.

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              Hazel School District Football Team 1901 (1901)

              Hazel School District's Football team won the Rogers' Cup in 1901. Among the players were Frank and Percy Hasselfield, whom Nellie McClung came to know well since she boarded with their family when she came to teach at Hazel School in 1890.

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